Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1887-01-07
AN OGDEN SCORCHER.
"Junius Junior" Does Up the So-
called Peoples Party.

sJunius Junior, Does Up the So
called Peoples Party.
ED. DEMOCRAT: "Still waters ground
deep" is u saying OF time-honored truth
Is il true, also, of the preliminaries to
the impending great contest for the as
cendanCy in municipal control? | think
it is. There is the Peoples party, So
called. | say advisedly so-called, be-
cause it is not the People, but certain
party, which is the soul-and-body owner
of the people, as much so as to say the
dogs master, or the horses rider. AT
the risk OF being accused OF platitudinous
reiteraion, repeat that there is no Peo-
pies party in the true sense OF the word,
and none will dare to deny it. The
people themselves as such, individually
taken, are mostly good sensible, loyal,
honest, intelligent in all the ave-
nues OF business and the pur-
suits OF everyday life. But take
them collectively, as a so-called party,
and the sum total becomes chaotic con-
glomeration OF incompatible ingredients,
bad senseless, disloyal, dishonest and
stupid in political sense and on the
stage OF public action. Why? Because
individual ingenuity is suppressed by class
predominance. Common sense is sacri-
feed ut the altar OF caste privilege and
prejudice. Obedience to law is supplanted
by allegiance to anti-national theocratic
dogmas. Fair dealing with political OPP
dement's makes room to bulldozlng oil
friend and foe. Personal intelligence is
blinded or bindfolded by party rancor.
Such is the fate of the individual mem
Der OF the Peoples party, be he ever so
frank and Aforementioned as man
among men. As member OF his party
he becomes the helpless and yet helping
tool in the hands OF the
ECCLESIASTICAL MANIPULATORS.
Who are the officers OF the Peoples
Party in Ogden? Are they leading bust
ness men, representatives OF the material
interests of the community, promoters OF
the progress and supporters of the pros
perity of the Junction City? Are they
| the men who have built or are building
up the town with stores, factories, shops,
or industries? No! They are men whose
title to dictation and control emanates
from the underground, whose authority
is not bestowed to them from the consen-
sus of the governed, but from the bon
piaiSH OF the hierarchical superiors. The
stake presidency OF the county holds and
bears sway over the city, whether or not
they have, Individually, any more real
interest in the municipality than the
humble day laborer, whose tax roll be-
gins and ends with the inevitable poll
tax. Once more, the rural powers domi-
neer over the city's destnies
"Still waters ground deep" As deer
rs the underground. They have done SC
since Ogden was municipality incor-
porated under the laws OF the Territory
They ground even deeper now, than they
did in 1873, when the Fairs and the
Richardses exploded against one another
with all the family feud and hatred Of
the Montecchi and Capuletti, with less
restraint or fear OF public exposure be
cause the Liberal element did not then
cut any perceptible or dangerous figure
Now, however, the Ratchet is apparently
buried and the calumet of peace is lit OF
Franklin street and passed around to the
corner OF Main and First, and perfumeC
pufls OF the somnolent smoke OF peace
curl themselves up into the frosty
January air.
NO MORMON MUGWUMPS,
This time. No more bolt as in 1885
when the Stake Presidency had TO bea
the brunt OF five hours mutinous criticism
from dissatisfied members OF their focl
and finally make concessions and alter
the original ticket
At present the surface OF the water il
placid. Nary ripple to rutlle its silen
serenity. 1t seems to be all calm ant
peaceful, but it grounds deep; there ar,
snags and shadows as well as deep an,
dangerous hollows. The Peoples part,
why not say the Mormon Church-art
as intimately united as are the drops o
the ocean. Drop adheres TO dropin soil,
immobility, until the underground cur
rent gives the inert body certain pusl
in a certain direction. 1t grounds deep
You cannot see the motive force on TIN
surface. The elementary impetus come
from underneath with resistless ant
never yet resisted double back-action.
To drop the metaphor, it means tina
the action OF the Peoples party will
be controlled and guided neither by tin
"straw puppet" called party, nor by TIN
big bulk called people; but by the pow
ers that be, even underground. TIN
ticket will be iii it has not already been
made by Il few men who have no interes
in Ogden, unless it be to kill her pros
perity and render her progress nugatory
The surface voters will have to drift il
the line OF the current impelled from be
low. BY mock courtesy, two, three o
four leading men with faint OF liberia
independence will be approached with al
appearance of consultation about tn,
choice OF candidates, while the who'll
slate is already a foregone conclusion
and all the people will say amen" 10
still waters ground deep.
JUNIUs JUNIOR.
OGDEN, Jan. 6, 1887.